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- 1. Keeping the Painting on the Easel
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Asbarez June 4, 2026 Massis June 5, 2026 Armenian Weekly June 8, 2026
Keeping the Painting on the Easel
Reflections on Life, Career, and the Art of Continually BecomingBy Hratch Tchilingirian
Life is not a finished painting hung upon the wall to be admired as a static artifact of who we are. It is not something we frame and declare, “Here it is; this is my life."
2026-06-07 - 2. Keeping the Painting on the Easel
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Keeping the Painting on the Easel
Reflections on Life, Career, and the Art of Continually BecomingHratch Tchilingirian | Oxbridgepartners.com | 25 May 2026Life is not a finished painting hung upon the wall to be admired as a static artifact of who we are. It is not something we frame and declare, “Here it is; this is my life.” To view life this way is to deny its very essence. Life is fluid, dynamic, and ever-changing—a living work of art that evolves with every passing moment. This is also true for professional life.
Imagine instead that your life is a painting that remains on the easel, perpetually unfinished. Each day, you approach it with fresh eyes, a brush in hand, ready to add new strokes of color, refine its details, or sometimes paint over entire sections to create something entirely new. This metaphor has helped me see life as a process—a canvas upon which we continuously create and recreate ourselves.
2026-05-26 - 3. Western Diocese’s Public Lecture Series
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Western Diocese's Public Lecture Series Explore Christian Faith and Armenian Heritage
Massis Post, March 30, 20267, March 30, 20267
...“The lecture series are designed to engage both timeless questions of faith and urgent modern concerns,” explained Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, Director of Institutional Innovation, adding that “the program accords the public meaningful conversations on Armenian Christian tradition, theology, spirituality, culture, and contemporary realities.”
2026-03-31 - 4. A Critical Review of Khachkar Studios
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Data or Dogma? A Critical Review of Khachkar Studios’ ‘U.S. Armenian Christian Ecosystem’
By Hratch Tchilingirian | Asbarez, February 20, 2026
In recent months, Khachkar Studios—a media outlet affiliated with billionaire Paul B. Kazarian’s Charles & Agnes Kazarian Foundation—has flooded Armenian news cycles with claims of a “historically unprecedented” $100 million investment to revitalize the “The Failing U.S. Armenian Christian
2026-02-21 - 5. Syria’s forgotten Armenian community
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Between Political Uncertainty and Military Threats: Syria’s Forgotten Armenian Community
Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian
Armenian Weekly, 26 January 2026 MassisPost, 26 January 2026 Aravot 26 January 2026
Syria today remains a politically and militarily fragmented country, defined not only by the legacy of a devastating civil war, but also by unresolved tensions between the country’s central authorities and the Kurdish forces operating in the northern and northeastern regions. Periodic clashes, shifting alliances, and contested systems of governance continue to generate instability and uncertainty, particularly for minorities caught between competing centers of
2026-01-27 - 6. Transformation Rooted in Legacy
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Interview: Transformation Rooted in Legacy
Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian on Charting the Roadmap for the Western Diocese’s Next Century
By Sergey Arustamyan | MassisPost, October 15, 2025
... In this conversation, Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, director of the Institutional Innovation initiative, reflects on why change is essential, how it is taking shape, and what has been done since his appointment a year ago....
2025-10-20 - 7. Language: The Condition of Mrs. Arev Mudian
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Western Armenian: The Condition of Mrs. Arev Mudian
By Dr. HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN | MassisPost, Ocotober 15, 2025
In the last decade or so, the challenges surrounding the preservation and vitality of Western Armenian have grown increasingly urgent. Concerned community leader
2025-10-19 - 8. Religious Pluralism in the Modern Middle East
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Paper: "Minority within Minorities: Armenian communities in the Middle East between imposed realities and uncertain future", CME International Workshop, Athens, Greece, 21 October 2022. Christianity and Religious Pluralism in the Modern Middle East: International Politics and Religion at the turn of the 20th and 21st century, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation
2025-02-05 - 9. Azerbaijan’s International Image-Making Strategies and Challenges
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Azerbaijan's International Image-Making Strategies and Challenges
EVN Report, 14 January 2025 [Armenian version]
The Azerbaijani state has embarked on a concerted effort to enhance its international image following the Second Karabakh War in 2020 and especially since the subsequent ethnic cleansing of Armenians orchestrated by
2025-01-24 - 10. Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian Appointed Director of Institutional Innovation
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Western Diocese Appoints Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian as Director of Institutional Innovation to Lead Major Initiative
Massis Post, 24 October 2024 | Asbsarez, 24 October 2024
2024-12-02 - 11. What is *Armenian* in Armenian Identity
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Hratch Tchilingirian (2021) "What is 'Armenian' in Armenian Identity?" in Altuğ Yılmaz (ed.) Critical Approaches to Armenian Identity in the 21st Century: Vulnerability, Resilience and Transformation. Istanbul: Hrant Dink Foundation. pp. 31-40.2024-07-13 - 12. Being Armenian is a package
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Hratch Tchilingirian, “’Being Armenian is a package.’ Some critical issues facing Diaspora organizations today,” in H. Oshagan and Kh. Tölölyan (eds.), The Diaspora at 100. (Boston: The Armenian Weekly), June 2024: 60-61.
2024-07-18 - 13. Ethnic Cleansing: Does International Law Still Matter?
- ... in London on March 19th. In setting the larger context of the annual lecture, Dr Hratch Tchilingirian, in his opening remarks as chair of the proceedings, said: “We are here tonight because “‘Never ...
- 14. Tölölyan Honored as Preeminent Scholar of Diaspora Studies
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Tölölyan Honored as Preeminent Scholar of Diaspora StudiesCynthia Rockwel l The Wesleyan Connection, November 12, 2019... Director of the ADS, Hratch Tchilingirian, associate of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University, thanked Tölölyan for his service on the project, noting “In addition to his brilliant scholarship and numerous academic accolades, Khachig Tölölyan is a wonderful human being. He shares his enormous, accumulated wisdom with intellectual humility; engages with everyone with grace and empathy; and empowers others with generous and sincere acknowledgment and encouragement.”2024-03-07 - 15. Karabakh: The rich religious heritage in Artsakh from 4th to 21st century”
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Lecture: "Christians in Karabakh. The rich religious heritage in Artsakh from 4th to 21st century”
Diocese of the Armenian Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 12 May 2021.
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2021-08-27 - 16. The rich religious heritage in Artsakh from 4th to 21st century
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Lecture: "Christians in Karabakh. The rich religious heritage in Artsakh from 4th to 21st century”
Diocese of the Armenian Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 12 May 2021.
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2021-08-27 - 17. What is the Armenian Diaspora Survey?
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Armenian Institute (London), Zanazan podcast, 3 June 2021
This podcast explores the people behind the Armenian Diaspora Survey. Hosted by this year’s UK qualitative researcher and AI Academic Advisor, Dr. Susan Pattie speaks with ADS Director Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian (at 4:04 minutes) and a number of team members from around the world, including qualitative researchers Dr. Lalai Manjikian in Montreal and Lucila Tossounian in Buenos Aires, and Boston team leader Dr. Pamela Young. We learn how and why ADS exists, who benefits from it, and where to find out more.
2021-07-05 - 18. La diaspora passée au crible
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Nouvelles d’Arménie Magazine N°285, juin 2021
Sociologie: La diaspora passée au crible
Depuis 2018, le projet Armenian Diaspora Survey (ADS) prend le pouls de la diaspora. Cette vaste enquête d’opinion publique panarménienne s’intéresse désormais à l’Ile-de-France. L’initiative censée démarrer en octobre 2020 avait été retardée en raison de la guerre. Rencontre avec le professeur Hratch Tchilingirian, arménologue, professeur à la faculté d’études orientales de l’Université d’Oxford et directeur de l’ADS.
2021-06-28 - 19. 'Entering into the womb of the earth'
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Keynote speaker: "'Entering into the womb of the earth': A theological reflection on the Covid-19 pandemic, on death and life."
The ReClaim annual conference, Western Diocese of the Armenian Church, Los Angeles, 6 March 2021.
2021-03-29 - 20. Karabağ’da Hristiyanlık
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Karabağ’da Hristiyanlık: Azerbaycan’ın Tarihi Yeniden Yazma Çabaları Yeni Değil
Hratch Tchilingirian, Oxford Üniversitesi
HyeTert.org, 9.12.2020 - Karabağ’da silahlı çatışma başlamadan çok daha önce, bölgenin gerçek tarihini ‘ispatlama’ çabaları, tarihçiler, siyaset bilimi uzmanları, arkeologlar, araştırmacılar ve bürokratlar için akademik ve bilimsel bir savaş alanıydı. Sovyet araştırma geleneği, özellikle de tarihin inşası süreci, oldukça yıkıcıydı ve hala da çatışan tarafların...2021-03-29